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On August 19, 2026, Firefly Aerospace announced an agreement with radioisotope power developer Zeno Power to integrate a radioisotope heating unit (RHU) aboard an upcoming Blue Ghost lunar lander mission. […]
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On August 13, 2026, space infrastructure provider Intuitive Machines disclosed during its second-quarter 2026 financial report that it secured a commercial contract valued at over $600 million to build three […]
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On August 19, 2026, ThinKom Solutions Inc. announced that the U.S. Army’s Portfolio Acquisition Executive Fires (PAE Fires), operating through Program Manager for Advanced Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System Effects (PM ACE), […]
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Targeting the vendor lock-in and closed ecosystem limitations of proprietary mega-constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink, Lithuanian optical communications developer Astrolight is scaling an open-standard, interoperable laser communication architecture across space, ground, […]
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On August 17, 2026, Viasat Inc. announced it selected Rocket Lab Corporation to manufacture a small geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) satellite bus for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems […]
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On August 18, 2026, satellite communications and network software vendor Integrasys announced it was awarded two defense research and development contracts in Luxembourg valued at €2.89 million combined. Funded through […]
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On August 16, 2026, Rocket Lab confirmed the successful orbital deployment of eight 500-kilogram satellite platforms manufactured for MDA Space, marking a major operational milestone in the replenishment of Globalstar’s […]
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On August 18, 2026, Merritt Island-based technical services firm All Points Logistics announced it received an on-ramp selection for NASA’s multi-award Spacecraft Processing and Operations Contract (SPOC). The contract addition […]
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Targeting the operational friction and processing overhead of raw satellite data, Earth observation operators are transitioning from selling unprocessed imagery to delivering vertical-specific analytics platforms via Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). […]
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On August 18, 2026, market intelligence firm Polaris Market Research published analysis projecting the global Earth observation small satellite market to expand from $2.14 billion in 2026 to $6.90 billion […]
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